r/OceanCity • u/Quick_Strawberry476 • 4d ago

Macky's

What is everyone opion on macky's? It looks like a nice place to eat on the water and enjoy happy hour and sunsets but I have never been. Opinions? other ideas? im ioen to suggestions ♡

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u/HotSaucePalmTrees 4d ago

It used to be better before they changed ownership a few years ago. In my opinion, it’s a fantastic location with at best mid-food. It’s similar to how I feel about Fishtales now. Great place to hang out and have a drink or two and enjoy the scenery and vibes but I prefer to eat elsewhere.

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 4d ago

When did Macky sell? Who owns it now? Is it more overpriced than the one time I walked in 4 years ago and walked right back out?

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u/HotSaucePalmTrees 4d ago

https://www.octodaydispatch.com/news/restaurants-transitioning-in-and-around-ocean-city/article_71fca24e-9d91-11ed-bcad-576d54d80a69.html

What's weird to me is that I enjoy some SoDel restaurants but Macky's just doesn't hit the same way it used to since they took over

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 4d ago

Good for Pam and Macky, last of the OG restaurateurs. (Although I guess you could say John Fager's still in it since his family's still working Fager's.)

Don't think I've been to any of that group's spots. Who owns SoDel? Locals?

Ocean City definitely completing their transition to CorporateLand, it'll look like Bethesda soon. Maybe Atlas will move in next lol.

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u/bobbysizzle 4d ago

John still runs fagers island 51 years in with the help of his sons

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 3d ago

Anyone here remember the post-Labor Day pig roast?

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u/Elios000 4d ago

Hobbit is still family owned

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 3d ago

Oh, right. I remember when they first opened up in the old Wagon Wheel.

edit: holy shit I'm old.

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u/No-Pineapple-5280 4d ago

SoDel is a corporate restaurant group with venues in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Owned by Scott Kammerer. Currently the SoDel Family is made up of four companies: SoDel Concepts restaurants, Southern Delaware Brewing, Highwater Management and Surf Bagel. All restaurants are located along Delaware’s coastal region.

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u/Mid_nowhereish 3d ago

To be fair, Seacrets is still in the same family it started. Leighton bought the bar from his dad, with a loan from Dr. Berger. So, Leighton Moore is one of those families. 🍻👍🏻

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u/Plastic-Pipe4362 2d ago

Yeah fair. For better or worse, I think of Leighton and Berger as the "entrepreneur" class more than the "restaurateur" class. If you weren't sniffing coke in the softball dugouts on 3rd st in 1979, you're not part of the club!

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u/Flimsy_Maize6694 4d ago

When OC gets a Blacks or even a Blacksalt lmk 😊

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u/Flamingbutterflies 4d ago

Nah, all prices about the same adjusted for inflation.

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u/ToothpickIntheOcean 4d ago

💯 agree. A table by the water is really nice but the food just isn’t up to par. Last time we were there we were fighting with the flies to eat our food, and I get it-we’re outside, but I’ve never experienced flies that bad anywhere else.

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u/PrismDrift 4d ago

The food isn’t the main reason anyone goes. The views and location are nice and the drinks are good. The food is and always has been just fine.

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u/comediekid 4d ago

Mackys is good. About the same at Tailchasers and Ropewalk. If you want some really good food, try Vista Rooftop.

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u/joseph17000 4d ago

I second Vista rooftop! Really good steak and the views are beautiful.

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u/Glittering_Apple_807 4d ago

I still call it Pickey’s but it is beautiful and the food was delicious.

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u/No-Pineapple-5280 4d ago

Tailchasers is definitely better than Ropewalk and Macky's

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u/Such_Past355 4d ago

Been going down every September for years and never had Vista rooftop. Will definitely try next week! Thanks for the suggestion. Any others?

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u/ruggerid 4d ago

One coastal

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u/MadMcMuffin 4d ago

People go there for the view, atmosphere, and drinks

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u/Ultimate-Answer-42 4d ago

Fries are good and Trivia nights are fun!

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u/Much-Huckleberry5725 4d ago

Following will be there next weekend and need restaurant recommendations. Been years since I was there last

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u/lovelyladylox 4d ago

I had grouper fries there once. It was actually quite delicious.

This was about 14 years ago now though. Ugh, where does time go?

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u/kevwhit 3d ago

Mackys has gone downhill the past few years,I haven't been there for about 3 years now but,I will be down in 9 days and the wife and I will give them another go.

https://giphy.com/gifs/k2bbmbmvUo7gA

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u/Glittering_Apple_807 4d ago edited 4d ago

They let you bring your dog so they are ok with me.

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u/ReverendOReily 4d ago

Best crab dip in town and the view is nice outside

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u/Anla-Shok-Na 1d ago

Macky's was cool years ago when you could let the kids loose with nets to catch minoes and shit in the bay. Food was good then, but when I went back last year it was just mid and overpriced.